Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 104·Makkī

104

كَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِنَّا ﴿١٠٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 12 roots in 13 of 16 words

Rarest here: س-ج-ل 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 5 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah3

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

16 words · 65 letters · āyah 104 of 112

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.

  • فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

    So when the stars are obliterated

  • إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

    Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

  • يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

    The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].

  • ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ تُبْعَثُونَ

    Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.

  • وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

    And [by] the promised Day

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Burooj 85:132 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

    ب-د-أع-و-د

  • Ar-Room 30:113 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    ب-د-أع-و-دخ-ل-ق

  • Yunus 10:343 shared roots

    قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُم مَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ

    ب-د-أع-و-دخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:193 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥٓ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

    ب-د-أع-و-دخ-ل-ق

  • Ar-Room 30:274 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    ب-د-أع-و-دخ-ل-قس-م-و

  • Saba 34:492 shared roots

    قُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ

    ب-د-أع-و-د

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 21:104?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:104 include Quran 38:53 (Surah Saad), Quran 77:8 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 54:49 (Surah Al-Qamar), and Quran 50:42 (Surah Qaaf). For example, 38:53 reads: “This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 21:104 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:104 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.”

Which surah is verse 21:104 in?

Quran 21:104 is āyah 104 of Surah Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets), chapter 21 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 112 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 21:104?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:104 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.